Hunt for a Cause a hit in Monett

José Mondragon, from the Drury University team, put on his game face at the Monett Fire Department’s knock-down-cones-using-a-fire-hose challenge, as fireman William Gilliam stood behind him in case he needed support holding the hose. Murray Bishoff/Special to Monett Monthly
This was the scene of registration for teams to start on the Hunt for a Cause scavenger hunt in Monett on Sept. 13. Tara Reyes, center, and Kitana Estrada, filled out forms from the Bailey Wolf team at Briar House Brewing Company with registrar Regina Hammons, front left. Also seen, from rear left, are Mickey Ary from the Monett city team, and Dustin Stellwagen from the Monett Fire Department team, the event organizer. Murray Bishoff/Special to Monett Monthly
It took three tries, but Morgan Wooldridge from the Architectural Systems team finally managed to lasso a cone as one of the Hunt for a Cause challenges posed at the Cox Monett Hospital scavenger hunt station. Murray Bishoff/Special to Monett Monthly


Effort raises $7K for Breast Cancer Foundation

By Murray Bishoff Special to Monett Monthly

The Monett Fire Department’s Hunt for a Cause benefit fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks raised at least $7,000 to help support local efforts fighting breast cancer in a first-of-its-kind event in Monett on Sept. 13. 

A total of 15 teams registered to compete in the 18-event race, lasting four hours. Seven teams completed the event, but all paid the registration fee, helping the cause. Teams visited different stations around town to face a variety of wacky challenges. 

Competitors had four hours from the start, giving them approximately 13 minutes in each station set up across Monett. 

While designed as a scavenger hunt, the teams faced complex physical and mental challenges. 

These ranged from kicking a field goal, hitting balls over a pickleball net and playing hopscotch to answering questions, seeking a stickered pumpkin in a bin of pumpkins, exploring the Drury University campus based on clues that led from room to room, taste tests at Great Dave’s and finding miniature hidden ducks. 

Joe Daues, chief executive officer of Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks, reported Morgan’s Hollow Bookstore won the event by 3 points over the Monett Fire Department. Plans are underway to hold the event again next year.

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